For several days after that, Kawajiri Hidetaka and his son did not say a word about the burning of the sky and their imprisonment. And Kinoshita Hideyoshi was also imprisoned in disguise by Oda Nobunaga who stayed in Gifu City. Of the three Kinoshita Hideyoshi who came to Gifu together, only Takenaka Hanbei can still remain free, but Takenaka Hanbei has not come out since returning to his house.

Instead, Oda Nobutada's attendants shuttled back and forth between Gifu and Yokoyama, and Oda Nobunaga summoned the generals of the Asai Legion to Gifu, as if to complete the execution of the burning sky during the rainy season.

Locked in a deep cave, he moved his feet out of the water while watching the rain flowing down from the ground with a faint glimmer of light. Suddenly, the silence of the dungeon was interrupted by the sound of footsteps, and Burnsky immediately pressed his face against the damp wooden door, looking through the crack in the door in the direction of the footsteps.

Sure enough, the footsteps gradually approached the cell where the burning sky was, and then the wooden door in front of the burning sky was opened, and a black shadow said to the burning sky: "Mingshamen, tomorrow is the day you will be executed, I was ordered to come to save you, come with me!" ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky couldn't help laughing, and shouted outside the door: "The lord has not punished me, and I am worthy of heaven and earth, why should I throw myself into the net, and besides, who are you under the order of?" Dare to break into my own mountain prison alone on a rainy day, well! Come on! Enemy ninjas have infiltrated again! Seeing the incinerate shouting, the black shadow first put down the incinerate who pounced on him, and then closed the mountain dungeon with his backhand and walked away quickly. Listening to the sound of footsteps fading away, Burning Sky got up from the ground and continued to huddle in the corner of the cell in contemplation. There was silence in the prison again, except for the "whoosh" of rain flowing into the prison.

Oda Nobunaga, who was outside the mountain prison, saw Takigawa Ichiyi walking out of the mountain prison, casually took the oil-paper umbrella in the hand of the little surname who held the umbrella for him, stepped forward to put the oil-paper umbrella on Takigawa Ichiyi, and asked Takigawa Ichiyi in a low voice: "Hikoemon, how is it?" ”

After hearing this, Takigawa Kazuki first bowed to Oda Nobunaga, and then said to Oda Nobunaga: "Lord, as soon as I opened the prison door, he has seen through it, and I believe that the lord also heard what he shouted, I think this person is very human, if you use it, let it go as soon as possible, if you don't use it, kill it as soon as possible!" ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobunaga stuffed the oil-paper umbrella into Takigawa Kazuyi's hand, and said to Takigawa Kazuyi: "Hikoemon has worked hard, don't be absent from tomorrow's assessment!" With that, Oda Nobunaga left the entrance of the mountain prison located in Sannomaru with a small family name behind him, and walked towards Honmaru with an umbrella.

The next day, while the Burning Sky was still curled up in a daze in the mountain prison, five or six full-fledged warriors suddenly rushed in from outside the mountain prison, and two of them opened the door of the Burning Sky, pulled up the Burning Sky huddled in the corner, and then walked towards the outside of the mountain prison with the Burning Sky.

The rain outside was still pouring down, and the sky was burning to the rain and watching the dark clouds turn the sky, and from time to time there were a few lightning bolts coming out of the clouds. The monk's robes, which had not been washed for nearly ten days, were soaked in rain and splashed with countless mud. The samurai who brought the Burning Sky to the Burning Sky took the Burning Sky Hope Honmaru along the road, and the road was lined with samurai and standing guards who prevented the Burning Sky from escaping.

After a while, Burning Sky was brought to the castle hall of Gifu Honmaru, and Burning Sky was no stranger to the castle hall, after all, he had been on duty here for a short time, but he didn't expect that he would come here with such a posture today.

The samurai who escorted the Burning Sky to the castle hall handed the Burning Void to the Ma Hui people in front of the gate, and then turned around and guarded the gate of the castle hall. After receiving the Burning Sky Ma Huizhong glanced at each other, they carried the Burning Sky into the castle hall, and the Burning Sky looked up at the Ma Hui who were guarding the castle hall, and then shouted to Maeda Toshiya, who was on duty in front of the assessment room: "Maeda-sama, there is something to ask for below!" ”

Ma Hui, who was carrying the Burning Sky, heard the shouts of the Burning Sky and immediately pressed the Burning Sky to the ground, and the Ma Hui people who were guarding the city hall around him also immediately made a fighting posture. Toshiya Maeda, who was on duty in front of the assessment room, thought about it and finally walked in front of the burning air who was pressed to the ground. Maeda Toshiya half-crouched down and asked at the burning sky, "What do you want from Mingshamen?" ”

Burning Sky raised his head and said to Maeda Toshiie, who was wearing a blue military uniform, "Lord Maeda, I want to take a bath before meeting the lord, can you report this to the lord?" ”

After listening to the words of the burning air, Maeda Toshiya nodded and turned around and walked towards the assessment room. Then he opened the door of the assessment room and half-knelt and said to Oda Nobunaga in the assessment room: "My lord, the Akisha Gate of Mt. Hiei wants to take a bath before meeting the lord, and ask me to ask the lord." ”

After the generals in the assessment room glanced at each other, most of them chose to be silent, and Shibata Katsuie, who was sitting first under Oda Nobunaga, said to Oda Nobunaga: "The Ming people are still clean, and they are still the samurai of their own family, and I hope that the lord can let him bathe and pay a visit." Niwa Nagahide, who was originally silent on the side, also echoed Shibata Katsuie, hoping that Oda Nobunaga would agree to the request to burn the air.

After listening to the words of the two, Oda Nobunaga got up from the top of the throne and walked to the door of the assessment room step by step with the folding fan in his hand. The Oda retainers sitting on either side also turned their bodies in the direction of Oda Nobunaga, always keeping their lords facing them.

Seeing Oda Nobunaga standing by the door of the assessment room, Ma Huizhong immediately knelt in front of Oda Nobunaga and saluted, then stood up and continued to be vigilant. Oda Nobunaga looked at the Burning Sky who was pressed to the ground by Ma Hui, and asked in a loud voice, "Do you know who promoted you from Ichikai Shamen to Ma Hui?" ”

After listening to the Burning Sky who was pressed to the ground, he struggled to raise his head and said to Oda Nobunaga, "It's the lord!" ”

After hearing this, Oda Nobunaga ignored the rain outside on his gorgeous kimono, walked up to Yakora and shouted to Yakoru, "Then why did you kidnap the monkey in battle?" ”

After hearing this, the whole person was stunned on the ground, and then he raised his head and shouted at Oda Nobunaga: "My lord, I didn't kidnap Kinoshita-sama!" ”

At this time, Maeda Toshiie took an umbrella and put it on Oda Nobunaga, while he was drenched in the rain. Oda Nobunaga crouched down and looked at the burning air with his face covered with mud, and said loudly, "Then do you mean that the monkey lied to me?" As soon as Oda Nobunaga's words fell, a flash of lightning fell from the sky, followed by a terrifying thunderclap that hit the ears of everyone around the castle hall.

Those generals who came out of the assessment room didn't know whether they were shocked by Oda Nobunaga's words, or were shocked by the thunder, and they were stunned in place, while Ozora said to Oda Nobunaga with an angry face: "Lord, here is to protect Kinoshita-sama from the battlefield, not to kidnap Kinoshita-sama!" ”

When Oda Nobunaga heard this, he suddenly burst out laughing, and said to the horse who had pressed the burning sky to the ground, "You wait and let go!" Then he got up and returned to the assessment room, and the retainers who had already gone out saw that Oda Nobunaga had returned to the assessment room, so they followed Oda Nobunaga back to the assessment room. Because everyone was drenched in the rain for a while, the water droplets on their bodies dripped on the stack, and Oda Nobunaga not only had water droplets dripping from his body, but even some mud.

Oda Nobunaga, who sat back at the top, said to the generals after they had sat down: "The monkey fought timidly, and although he finally defeated the Asai army, it damaged the reputation of the samurai of his family. The protection of the general of the Ming Shamen was unfavorable, causing the enemy to break into the monkey's main formation, and he was removed from the horse return and received a standing twenty guards of the Wonderful Pill. ”